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Privacy commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive data from Canadian children

The immensely popular social media app TikTok has been collecting sensitive information from hundreds of thousands of Canadians under 13 years old, a joint investigation by privacy authorities found.The investigation — launched by the federal privacy commissioner and his counterparts in Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta — looked into the video app's privacy practices as they relate to younger users and whether "valid and meaningful" consent is being obtained for the collection, use and disclo...

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